Here’s a great little technique I learned in my hand piecing class. When joining two fabrics together, always match your thread to the darker fabric. The eye blends the dark thread into the dark fabric making the stitch nearly invisible.
In the picture, I’m blind stitching the opening closed on a pencil roll that has just been turned. When I do a blind stitch I like to have the dark fabric facing me.
To start, knot the end of the thread, poke it inside the opening, and bring up the needle in the fold of the dark fabric.
The stitch sequence begins by sinking the needle into the light fabric. Pick up a bit of the light fabric and continue the needle down into the dark fabric. Pull needle all the way through. Repeat until the opening is closed. This technique pulls the lighter fabric into the seam, burying the thread below the surface and making it invisible.
To finish, make a small knot at end of stitching. Push needle into the location of the knot, bring it up about 1 inch away. Clip close to fabric burying the tail inside your project.
Very good tip!
Fabulous tip – thanks for posting it.
Thanks for the tip!
what a fantastic hint. thank you!
That is great- you can’t even see the stitching! When I make clothing, if I can’t get an exact match with my thread I will go a shade darker, because the darker shade will disappear in the seam. Or at least I think I read that somewhere!!
I just gave away another pencil roll and have six in progress for the nieces and nephews!
Great tip…I’ve been doing this for a while, and it does work using the darker thread! Thanks for the refresher course! :O)
Thanks for another great tip Kathy!
Hi Kathy,
On your Christmas lights, try replacing the fuse at the plug? end of the string. I only found out about the fuses a few years ago. When you buy a string of lights, usually there is a small plastic bags with extra lights and fuses.
My gripe with lights is that all my old Hallmark light ornaments do not fit in the new sockets.
My other gripe is that last year my dog chewed all of the lower light cords on the first (and only) artificial tree I have owned. I have tossed it and am going back to real trees.
Thanks for sharing that information. I know that will come in handy for a lot of us.
Really, that is so smart. Thanks for sharing the tip!
Thanks for sharing Kathy!
Thank you so much for this tip. I was just wondering about thread color in this situation just the other day.
Just the info I needed! Thanks for always sharing your talents Kathy!
Great tips! Thanks.